The Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle was born in

• Florence, Italy

• Paris, France

• London, England

• Brussels, Belgium

• Edinburgh, Scotland

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Conan Doyle was influenced by the detective stories of

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Dorothy L. Sayers

• Raymond Chandler

• Agatha Christie

• Perry Mason

At his university, what did Conan Doyle decide to study?

• theology

• spiritualism

• law

• art history

• medicine

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Dr. Joseph Bell became a model for

• Dr. Watson

• Professor Moriarty

• Sherlock Holmes

• Mycroft Holmes

• Miss Marple

Conan Doyle changed his mind about a career path when

• he couldn't earn enough money as a lawyer

• he saw too many tropical diseases aboard a ship

• he wanted to marry, so he couldn't be a priest

• he wanted to be a teacher but he didn't have the patience

• he became disinterested in spiritualism.

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Conan Doyle began writing

• to pass the time and to please his mother

• to pass the time and to please his brother

• to pass the time and to earn some money

• to earn some money and to fulfill a promise to Dr. Bell

• to fulfill a promise to Dr. Bell and to pay off a debt he owed to a publisher

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Sherlock Holmes' last name comes from

• the writer Sherrinford Holmes

• one of Conan Doyle's professors, Dr. Joseph Holmes

• Conan Doyle's personal physician, Dr. James Holmes

• the writer Oliver Wendell Holmes

• Conan Doyle's mother's maiden name.

The first Sherlock Holmes story was

• A Study in Scarlet

• "A Scandal in Bohemia"

• The Sign of Four

• "The Final Problem"

• The Hound of the Baskervilles

The second Sherlock Holmes was

• A Study in Scarlet

• "A Scandal in Bohemia"

• The Sign of Four

• "The Final Problem"

• The Hound of the Baskervilles

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The public came to love Sherlock Holmes after the publication of

• A Study in Scarlet

• "A Scandal in Bohemia"

• The Sign of Four

• "The Final Problem"

• The Hound of the Baskervilles

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